rose ann ghabour

“nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.”
i'm a 25 year old egyptian currently in my third year of medical school living around new york city.
January 25
23 | 1/25/2012 | 1 month ago

“ The Egyptian people consider America’s claims that it respects democracy and freedom as mere words. US President Obama’s promises, made during his visit to Egypt, have not been fulfilled, and Egyptians want to see more concrete steps in this regard. The discriminatory policies adopted by the US administration toward Muslims make them doubt the seriousness of US intentions with regard to democracy promotion. We had a revolution for change, and US policy should change, too. We have a parliament for the first time that represents the people and not the regime, and religion is a key component in the hearts of the people, who will stand by their Parliament.

Muslim Brotherhood’s Abdel Rahman al-Barr, to Assistant US Secretary of State for Democracy and Human Rights Michael Posner and US Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson, at the embassy’s headquarters in Cairo. (‘Brotherhood figure meets US officials…’, Egypt Independent)

He had me all the way until he started talking about religion.  Fine critique of US foreign policy, but dangerous implications for the few Coptic Christians in the area.

(via landofoblivion)

Unless of course there will be Coptic Christians in the Parliament, which, will either not happen or they will be elected as voiceless puppets and to show how wonderfully thoughtful and diverse they are, aka, not really.
There is a Coptic Christian woman running for Parliament from southern Egypt but she will sadly not win. There is too much money flowing from Saudi to the Salafis and Brotherhood to prevent any Christian from holding a government position. 

(Source: verbalresistance, via landofoblivion)
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    Democracy is what US would NEVER want in the Middle East because it would be given the boot if it were up to the people
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    He had me all the way until he started talking about religion. Fine critique of US foreign policy, but dangerous...
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